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.. . „ totifiy of the influence of ,the crown, or render them less vtgl- os , giving notice of the particular Acts to which Resolutions of t as guardians of the public purse. Committees were to refer. Mr. PHILLIPS warmly eulogised the Presidentof the Board The liousa went into Committee, the Resolutions were of Trade, particnlarly with reference to the principles of free agreed to, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. trade, by which his policy was guided. He cordially concurred The Committee on the Excise Acts Consolidation was post in the motion. , poned to Monday next. Mr. CALORAFT still thought that by givingadditionalp.. The Annual Duties Bill was read a third time, and passed. Renege to the Crown they would create great dissatisfaction in The Insolvent Debtors Bill was re-committed. the country. He would not treat the question as it had been The ATTORN EV-GENERAL said that the object of the treated by others,. as a question of personal compliment or in- Bill was to continue the former Act, and that the alterations were dividuel popularity. fleconeidered the office of President of limited to details, and did not interfere with the principle of the the, Boor& of Trade as a Cabinet Office, entitled to the remu- former law. neretion of 5,000/. a year. Rut his objection to any increase of The - several clauses, with • some verbal amendments, were patronage was so strongly founded on principle that unless a tigreed to, and the Report ordered to be received te-morrow. - Pledge was given that the office of Treasurer of the Navy The Aliddlesex Turnifike Trust Bid was referred to a Select should either be abolished or greatly reduced, he would resist (lominittee. the proposition in every possible way. If such a pledge was The SherifFof Durham Bill was read a third time, and passed. relesed, he should be impressed with the opinion that tire ob. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, land the ject really was to find an office for some friend whom they had House adjourned at II ALF-PAS'V TEN O'CLOCK. a diffie ulty in providing for. lie believed the office of Tree- - - =' ---- ""*""'"'" - ` 4 " --- ,*•' - ''''"•""" -- "'"'" - :". ---- surer of the Navy Might well be abolished. Both Mr. Rose TIIEItEV EN U E. . . and the present Treasurer had held it in conjunction with other • edict ofnnieli labour rued impertaricc, which proved its duties -ea s aw s %ii. ifteny, to be exceedingly light. No. I. 'Air. ROBERTSON inveighed against the principles of free Abstract of the Net Produce of Me Revenue of Great Britain, trade, and repeated his objections to the motion., . p 111 r. LOCKHART inquired if the effect ortittaching a as. i n the Years ended sth April, 1825, and sth April, 1826, lacy to the office, which the Right lion. Gentleman now held distinguishing the Quarters. ut:hout totlaty, would be to vacate hie seat in that House. The CFI A NCELLOII. of the EXCH EQIIEIt replied, that y, „ el y„ eepe CI. mr , ..7)-d sioeteece the Act would merely give power to the Crown to pay this ;PI ° ZS 3 9," g 5 •8 ...;., • a ~ . g.. 'Pe 1 ' 8 ,.... ee st cs - e'- 7' • - •1 - salary. It need not immediately be given to his Right lion. .,, e (g .-e .' 4 F '''' Li = • og, ..g a Friend. On a similar occurrence, with .respect to himself, ,it a:g R. ( f . 5 '5. t - er' g H 35 0 u had been thought hard to send him back to his constituents, and t ir,.' t-3 t'' g q Pr lt t.'. ' v..g 0 . . a clause was Jntratiticed into the Act enabling him to retain his • ei et c ., a Ia.:: a aee E.,p,, -, F''' . mt. With respect to the office of Treatturer of the Navy, i% ..., g ;;.4, 0 e. ~0,41 , )e. • :jog:-• ~i 4 duties were of great irriportance, and he did not see the posst- 2 ; °'. V • - ,7%.-c, g. , 9,... 5 - 5..5 t , , , .... 0 . . bility of abolishing it. If its duties were transferred to the 5-52 LI g .ci ce g • Paymaster of the Navy, his labour and his importance as a ' e. - ' 0 5 -4 5. 5 sig . ; S " 5. .% ' .... - er 0 t s , e , ~ e ,„ . t „ .. . -j . 2 . . ?. s , , piddle officer would be so much increased, that 1000/ , per an. ..c a. • .... `•C t2i d g num would be a very inadequate remuneration. There could cle e ies II ~, 0 t= 0 El, s not be is greater error than to suppose that the duty of Tree, ... CP 0 I . 41 9 , r... .ti i . '4l =i" S tr. surer of the Navy was like that of a banker, merely to pay g a ,g, 4 • 2 - Pr 8 " . ....,,,,, _ .... checks when presented. The duties were various and kn. 1-1 t i: :', 0 = .-. 1 :• 1 5 ~,i . 4e. . . i 0 ~,,,, 0 I • 6 I (16 ..t I portant, prescribed by thirty or forty different Acts of Par- 4 c ,._ Bt. - a 0 3 a . Lament. ss El . Ell -s, 2 " n ,„ P.•-• r . ~ .ii • II I C) .- 11 0 ,05, , .14 r. HUME-Consolidate them. o 0 v• 4 On The Cl l / 1 NCELLOR of the EXCIIEQIIER-True, the ee n Acts might be consolidated, hut still the duties would remain. , Et; 6. „, , . ?s l '. .•• i i i .I . 4 To transfer these, duties to any. other office, would be, in fact, so a ~ o , g E • g 4e'' Er • i merely to abolish one office, an.l to create another. With respect ; t re te the salary, that tees open to I'ailiament, as it was voted n ..annually ; and although the vote had been taken for this year, ... c _ 1 ..... the salary might yet be opposed when the Appropriation Act ... so cc l: 1 .... .... .-. 0. ti e: was before the House. He would say, however, that if the I,e- , . "cnee'le 'k e le re. Vle . :1? Et 4t_ House were to offer a Salary' to this office under the impression :, :•, 5 3 ::::; 7 ,•••• 1 't 7.4 a I . P to t 5......vp ee V t i .1 . c that it at all approached to the nature of a sinecure, they would "we -= el ate t le ee ee - o 4 .r,"5: ! , F 1 lele"ce ..er • 8 t=tr', ee 8 liF; .5-rel Z .I. t:. 8 dsel. do the gr. otest posnible injustice. 111 r. It. Gannon spoke a few words which were inaudible in S the gallery. ea CA ........1 GI .. Con 1 4. ......4 c,.; g Ir. T. WILSON could not acquiesce in the vote, when he - -e ee e ee , -= 1:s al es tol-lo '&," 0 considered the present state of the country. As it had been e to 2ts t,-,, -ti .v. 1 7. 3 . r.,., si:7v, 4 ,%' ze, Is .4 .0 passed by last year when the sun was tanning upon them, he -, e , - e ..eeele -= 1 0 ; 0 . - c , e, ,s,,le 14, vl,O 'bee!ee • 0 g thought the present moment very injudiciously chosen for tine ,te4 ft, :el le,', S; S; „cf, 8 3 i.c, ,3". . ... . ! 3.. g . 8 . , isz g; ~- ... introductio n of such a measure. lie would not object to a vote ' l,, ' S of 2,000/, per annum to the President of the Board of Trade, ,- 7.: ~., 3.4 , lit '-'... ; which, together with his present salary as Treasurer of die Navy, .et° .P 10' . r af.ic,'' ~...- GO ra '- would Make up the 8,0001. •-• . 1 -a ti'r. V =4.- 1 -:j M. CA LCRA FT could not agree to go further than the ••r* :'" • .2. -- ' l ' 5- 3 .-."' .1 4 l e, . -c".. - e.• o , .r.. •••,/ 1::, C.' , 1 , . Hon. Member for the City. So far ire was willing to 40. ~. , I , .. ‘' N a P .S . -9 S •-• s 4 a l - t• 4, :4 sn 4 4 Ca v-P ttl v.; Cr. It, :A t,rs ... 14.• Z.: = . tll4 .7 ..... Mr. 1113311.; could not agree with his Hon. Friend in think ing that they were warranted in adding a single thousand to ('-' the! annual expenditure of the country. Ile should move as an '5 es z !,:, S ....p. 5.... .... 5. amendment to the motion before the Committee, that "in the 1. gv,.- ... ,- :F.. .... en en . .V.A :rte=l F 9 ~-,. opinion of tide Committee his Mojesty should be enabled to pay re a,I. SE to .... i ... 0 3 t .4-.4 , 1.-4 371 y. 7 1 - . Z..- j a salary of 5,000/. per annum to the President of the Board of 'Se; 1'; al Or .gg - 1.2 b - 5... , CO la, fz...t:"2 I Tratle,• and that it was expedient that en inquiry should be in, " 4 C ' " CQ ' - ' 1 a - ' '-, Or to C` C 4 .C.i 4 " n tt C ' ".l ' 4 11;itUted to ascertain whether any of the Offices now existing can ewemoss.w....-sowseeiewsww.weeeesswies.....m"*- los be abolished or modified so as to effect a saving of that sum." se. .... s a ,it. oC , • • AO ....• • Sir P. OhIMA.N BY stated, that the duties of Treasurer of -P '""l'u , .'° CQ ......F. ° 'r" `o . ~,, 2 the Navy were very important, and objected to the house being ri 12,.:F. - iv g * " I l ei p y , ~r „, ~ ~ a z Ill i 4 Iti r i li -taken away from that Officer. e e Pi- ie , .. _ - - -- - P. •Mr. 'BARING observed, that the question had got into a F, k 6 2 Olito 17: --," - ' 4 Z a ''' 'C'eleg BF. r-: °." E -6 gr..F.F,-.00.tz to - 6A - 4, most unsatisfactory state, and suggested the expediency of the i - ' 4 " l*- '''' Right Hon. Gentleman withdrawing his motion, in order that • the subject, as fur as it related to the office of Treasurer of ,_, - the Navy, might be re-considered by 31ini s te rs . eo le .-. ea o tse la pee,- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUEIt said, that. if it r 2 1 4 4, i: ... N a 'Spiel: 7, ~...5 . the offices of Treasurer of the Navy and President of the Board •L'''' ... e .,, e -P e , r e,,,, c. l I i " - ,,,! ' 4 '..,. 1 5 , 4 ' ~ " -- - ',..t4 , F.Lr. .... 4 .: 1 1: P 4 .. 0- ... of "Prude were necessarily connected, there might be something 27' E. - 46 , ~..- V, i 1 -- . F - - 11 - 8 - a - - - I .` " - 4 - § s 4 --. .. - - - - ~,.. in the objection. He did not think it wise to aseurne that the President of the Board of Trade was necessarily to hold some I.4tr. :4 ee -other of fi ce. The question now befor e th e C on inintee was simply c.. 7 itr 1-•• = r.., 11 /..4 that relating to the salary fit to be attached to the office of I're- - af'o•,, e 'D 7 - ee e e 'e,l ... ...-tteti a ee." - ki *9O .0 sident of the Board of Trade. lie bud himself been the first in P; 1 4 04 it , ' .t% ......-- 1 Va ''..P I I •-' '...F....s- ''''. 4 " °'' l ' e e P• o wbeee person the two office?, in question haft Amen united.- Ife V'' t•.' ?.;''',4'..! . t U. ' - e. "" -- . 1 ' l ;g l.. %'s'-it- - . t 1 e ...... b1 re ' i i hul not lad the House into the tilificulty which the lion. Gen- "" c ' '''''"- ''" •-•-,' '' . **- c) '''''''' `-' ""' " 4 ' ''l . 1 deroan supposed to exist. Ile knew no other course he could g ' EI have pursued, unless he had been prepared to aflinu that the ` ee'' se so .ZJ P. Ir. b N ,- ~.. c y. two offices were necessarily connected. He perfectly recollected k -r kt IS la .2- 'tcrot.) ."; t.. a, that last year an objection to this union of* office was echoed .- E ''''' ''''. ' l ' 1 5- " i Lil 4 .M"''' t 4 g' r ..p..,... .... ,CO :F s -. l ee le .e. re, 0 , from every part of the House. " ea les .v ze "es el .P. tIA 1., ;.R''s - si? '' :5..14:._ . 1 0 Mr. Bral4loE called upon the Chencellor of the Exchequer t 8 '. 4 Sri 8 ~: 7 1 : V A 5 *t i i i. " 5 s 's I q . too to glee a pledge that the office of Treasurer of the Navy should undergo Parliamentary revision. i.c ....ca c .., Mr. R. SMITH eontended, that as they were about to dis- P . , ''':: .... C:b '''° e ... .. „.., E . • 1.• ge, unite two offices, it would not be decent to leave the whole kS I'd , s ,:e- -- , ll e ,„ , 4 2 1 ...I w t ,„.-j1 /E. ,„n2. salary, which had hitherto served as the retnuneration for both, t-4 tears, ti id - "A 1.2 '57 le '2 ge lee e sr,e_s_ r', 4 to that o ffi ce which was confessedly the least onerous and int. Si ..*,i' s. ti s s . tr. V: . ...! .... 35 3513 -a . 0.„ , portant of the two, whilst they attached a large salary to the esemeseenee lIIIIN other. He thought the amendment of the Right Hon. Member ~,, .... ~,, e „ les i.e.- , Pel for Montrose too general. He supposed lie could not move an --1 .1 4 1*t ~*". 4 ' 4l ..-ss , or.-sp, i.,- 9 antentiment upon an amendment, or he should have been glad 1 2 to' Z a ,5 4 ., ,11 lr. g-1 Mt P" . '4 11" to have confined the inquiry to the expediency of abolishing or -:- etee,„'"; - 7- t,' '-= - .e . - - 1 ' 1 : 0 ' ts'.'"" -. a modifying the office of Treasurer of the Navy. Ile had no it F.. , I a 1. . ? g §5l 4 gat k 4111 •1" I : hopes of picking up 5,000/ , a year by , the rambling Inquiry ......'-' 14 '''' I I-- ' proposed by the Honourable Member, but if they confined the Inquiry to the office of Treasurer of the Navy, some good No. 11. might resith. Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of .Great Britain, Mr. MA DER Isf.: V thought. that as they were all agreed on the propriety of the vote of 6,0001, a year to the President of in Me Year: and Quarter: ended on the sth of April, 1825, the Boer(' of Trade, the Right Hon. Gentleman, in order to and the sth of April,lo26, Mewing the increase or Decrease pqmrre the urtointity so desirable on this occasion, should on each head theregf.-(For which see TUE Styx q f yeller. , v some satisfactory pledge with regard to the office of Tree. maser of the Navy. day.) Some conversation here occurred between Mr. R. Rerun and Mr. Biwa nes, on the point of order in respect to his proposed •• - No. II t. aincodment. • .. itTcuarr, Mr. Male, and air. R. SMITH, rally explained. Mr. Secretary PEY.Ii thought it would not be creditable to the character of' the House of Commons to make the reduction of useless offices eAmtingent upon a proposed increase of salary to A particular office. if it was thought expedient to increase the salary of an office,, surely the country was rich enough t o lard the expense . Viihatever might be the fate of the amend. meat, it Was a ronsoNtion to reflect, that the last opportunity -of enquiring into useklai offices would not have passed, as he saw amongst the notices of motion, one" by the lion. Member for „Montrose, for a general enquiry into useless offices and sine cures, and lie could not but think that the Hon. Member when be gave the wilco before Easter, had a better idea how his pur pose might be moat advantageously pursued, than he appeared to entertain upon the present occasion. After softie conversetion in which Mr. Hume Mr. Secretary peel, Smith, Mr. bliee, Mr. Baring, andi the Chancel ler of the Exchequer, severally took a part, The flight lion. tientleman consented to withdraw his motion till to-morrow. . . No. 111. Income and Charge an the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended sth April, 1825 and 1826. INCOME. Customs . - . - Excise - - . - Stamps . - - - - Post Office - . - - - Taxes . - - - . AI iscellaneous - Qrs. ended April 5. 1025. 2,189,320 5,576,448 1,714,819 387,000 477,385 80,690 Cash to b 9 brought to this Account from the Ways and Means, to replace the like Sum issued out of the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund, ut Ireland, for Public Services, in the Quarter ending sth January . The House then resumed. The Report was then brought up, and the Chairman begged lesve to sit again. • COMMITTEE ON IRISH STAMP DUTY ACTS. The House then resolved itself into a Committee upon the Irish Stamp Duty Acts.. Mr BERRIES moved. ft Resolution to;oontinue certain Acts abetti4o expire, by winch Duties were grtinted on Stamps. He stated thatitorne of time Officers in Ireland, who had been for merly paid in a great degree by fees, were now in consequence or r ecent regulations remunerated by Hied salaries. The con tinuance of the Acts in question had been rendered necessary by this alteration, as the Stamp Duties granted by them con. 'Anted the fund out of which the remuneration to those offices arose. 1826. 3,440,316 3,1;53,719 1,586,932 363,000 330,008 222,613 10,404,672,' 254,350; 9,92b,361,1 218,120 10,659,020 10,043,483 Qrs. end' CFIARC 1E125. April 6. I 1826. Exchequer Annuities - South Sea Convany - Bank on their Capital - Dividends - - - Mr. E had received a letter (Tom Ireland co►npleininp of the oppression of these Law Officers. Ile objected, besides, shit they had no previous intimation of what Acts were in ten,led to be Continued or amended. _ National Debt - - - Trustees for ne Payment of Naval and Military Pensions Civil List Pensions Other Charges . . . 'Mi. BRIGHT urged a similar objection. 'Mr. LIRRRIES replied that nothing could be more guarded then the preeredings of the House on occasions lik e t h e present. Th e Hattie first 'went into a Committee upon a particular class of Acts. Resolutions were proposed to that Committee. If caned, they were reported to the House, and when received b y th e House, in -pursuance of them were brought b ;. , w hi c h * Bills had of course so go through all the regular Surplus ExchequerßillsissuedfortheConsolidated Fund, at rith ,Lin. 1920, and paid off out of the growing Produce of that Fund In the Quarter ended April 6,1026 Surplus sth April, 1826 - r HUME moved as an amendment, "That the Ch a i re p ort prorrejoi s od have leave to sit itgain.ti man After a few words from the Cua)tcsr.t.on of the Exetty faititit the resoiution was agreed to, and the report was ordered to be received tomorrow. cotaiVIIQN Or CUSTO)IB DUTIRS. Mr- if SllRripb moved the Order of ' tbe Day for th e R ouse goir.r? Ante a Coittinltteo upoo the uustom puttee ColLeetion Ate ' _A annilar eunteienstion to the 14At ensued , ai to th e propriety 'tuned ant of the Consolidated Fund, on 21,?4 80,000 09,126 4,516,717 1,212,600 21,255 06,900 89,125 4,450,327 1,212,950 1,400,000 212,500 91,231 114,032 7,744, 360 1 2,914,44 R 1,400,0(10 212,500 94,204 363,659 7,940,000 2,103,480 10,669,02 t account of the Supplies granted for the service of the year 182(i and 1826 Total at trth April, 1826, to be provided for by an issue of Exchequer Bills, Charged on the Growing ProduCe of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter end. ing 4th July, 1826 - 2,105,4118 10,043,488 5,548,817 2,990,745 887, 9,5 7 6,436,074 UNIVERSITY INTEI4LIGH4IiCE. CAMBRIDGE, Arm 6. The subject of the Seatonian Prize Poem for the present year is The TranAguration. MEMBERS' PRIZES.—The subjects for the present year are, for the SENIOR BACHELORS: • " Quales fuerunt antiquorum Philosophorum de animi im, mortalitate opiniones, et ex quinam origine ducts' ? MIDDLE BACHELORS: " Quibusnatn prweipue artibus recentiores antiquos exsu perant ?" The following (lentlemen of Trinity College were yesterday morning elected. Scholars of that society : Cankrein `Val ford Perry -Charl:sworth Talbot Fitzherbert Tate P. Smith Platt Robson Dobbs Irrslm. Scholars, De Morgan Wordsworth I;ailey Chatfield Peile Ross Cooper Fawcett Wood. We understand that considerable doubts Trade arisen respect ing the right of presenting to the vacant rectory of Wt.st liolton in Vorkshtre, which was supposed to have devolved upon this University, but - that steps - are - taking to - ascertain the facts of the ca. 4. The Rev. Miles Bland, B.D. F.R.S. late Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, has been presented by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to a prebendal stall in the cathedral church of Wells, vacant by the death of the, Rev. Canon Frankland. The Bev. George Elliot Ranken, B.A. of Corpus Christi College, was On the 27th ult. licensed to the curacy of St. Michael's parish, in the city of Bath. The Rev. Francis Bowes, M.A. was last week instituted to the rectory of. Alderford with Attlebrid ge annexe d, N or f o lk, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich. The Rev. Bell Cook has been instituted to the perpetual curacy of St. Paul and St. James annexed, Norwich, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of that cathedral. BRASS & COPPER MANUFACTURING COMPANY• On Wednesday a Meeting of the Shnreholders in the above Company took place at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible, what had become of the deposits which were paid into the bank of Messrs. Everitt, Walker, and Co. ' on account of the Direc tors—,Robert lil'Donald, Henry Edwards, J. E. Wallis Thomas, A. Curtis, William Richmond, John Sturgis, and Samuel Hoare, Eaqrs. The prospectus stated, that the de mand for wrought articles of brass and copper wax at all times great, and must be on the increase; in a country where the im provements in the arts, and great shipping interests, at all times ensured a consumption equal to the capital employed—that the great supply of copper antleopper ore to the London market, from the established Companies, as well as by the many new Associations now working in the West of England, afforded peculiar facilities for the material at reduced prices, and would enable the Association to manufacture the different articles on such a scale as . (with the powerful means possessed as a com pany) would gave them a yireference over the few great founders who now divided the trade,, and whose enormous charges have been long the theme of just and great complaint—and that, at the annual meetings, the whole of the accounts were to be sub mitted to the shareholders, and a dividend declared. Jon); ST U Gls, Esq., in the Chair, stated, that the meet ing was convened at his instance—that he felt himself placed in a peculiarly unpleasant situation, in being under the neces sity of exposing the affairs of the Company, which were in such a state that he felt it due to his character, as a young man be ginning the world, to at once disclaim all participation in what had been done by those who had misappropriated the funds of the Company. He had, unfortunately, owing to his inexpe rience, signed blank checks, by which means all the money in the bankers' haads was drawn out ; and when he had called, that day, upon the Projector and Manager of the Company, he received thefollowing account of the money so improperly drawn from the bankers:— 1021 Oct. 6, Cailt . £O2 0 0 1825. Oct. 8, Brown .£23 0 0 15, Stationery .6 11 9 14, Short . 20 0 0 29, Curd. . 25 0 0 Nov. 3, NVelikey . 32 0 0 Short _ 11) 0 0 0, Dec. 3, Ditto . 0 0 Ditto . 72 B 3 . 280 0 7, . 114 0 0 0 20 0 0 18 0 0 4000 • 10, 10, . 37, . £2BB 0 0 1 MI 00 He was quite ignorant for what purposes these sums were drawn for; but the nisnager alleged, that with the money he had purchased Jul shares, and that he had lent 721. to his friends, who denied having received it; and that the balance was con sumed in expences. He was moat anxious to take the advice of the shareholders is to what was best to be clone under the un fortunate circutnstunces under which he was filaced. A respectable .solicitor, whose name was inserted in the prospectus of the Company, said. that he came in consequence of an advertisement in the public papers, which astonished him, as he had no idea that any shares were ever issued ; it was true that he permitted his name to be inserted in the pros pectus' believing' he intentions of the projector to he honour able; but he had no further intimation of the operations that were carried on. No deed was ever prepared. Ile had waited upon Mr. Whinfield that day, and told him the line of con duct he had pursued was highly improper, and that the money should be forthcoming. Mr. Whinfield confessed his error, and said. that the money should be forthcoming. or that he would most cheerfully exchange with the subscribers Falcon Steam Navigation shares, for the brass and copper shares.— (Laughter.) A'Shareholder said, (shaking his head), that he declined having any thing to do with the Falcon shares ; that he had unfortunately 1100 shares of one sort or another already; and that the other day a director of a particular company called upon him, and took 70 shares in order to avoid the responsibi lity which he was subject to while the s h ares were i n t h e mar- 1 ket ; the object of the company not being realized, and the same director was obliged to pay a solicitor's bill of cost of 2001. to avoid a law-suit. lie recommended the chairman to endeavour to get from Mr. Whinfield the 94 shares and the money which remained in his hands, and then adverti se to pay off the shares that were out, and dissolve the. company, and never to have any thing to do with a similar association.-- (Laughter.) A Shareholder, and Member.of the Stock Exchange, then came into the room in a great hurry, and asked what was done ; had the meeting come to any resolutions ? He stated that he had been induced to speculate very largely in this com pany, at Mr. 'Whinfield's instance, who had solicited hie am. siStaliCa to get the shares to a premium. lie, unfortunately, entered into his views, and advised many of his friends. to purchase, and he had been Rattly disgraced by th e recom mendation. He purchased 230 shares, and would have con tinued purchasing, had he not discovered that Mr. Vhinfield was selling the shares which he had so strongly advised him to purchase. lie first smelt a rut when he purchased 30 shares from a respectable broker, who was willing at the time to sell hiin 30 more at the same price. He was ravished at tile pro. pOsitiou, as he thought he had already parch cis all the shares in the Market, and caught bears besides; for Mr. Al'hinfield informed him that there were very few more than 200 shares hi the market. He waited upon Mr. Whinfield to make some inquiry, and found, to his great astonishment, a 'clerk. in his office belonging to the broker from whom he had purchased the 30 shares ; however, he did not believe that they intended to " rig" him in that manner,—(a laugh)--so that he went back again to the Stock Exchange and purchased 20 'more from another broker, who told him that he might have any number at the same price. —(Laughter.)—He went to Mr. IC liinfield's office again, determined to ascertain the exact operations that were going on, for the number of shares in the market surprised him beyond description. When he went to his office, who should he meet there, but the very identical broker from whom he had half an hour before purchased 20 shares.—(lemithter.) The CIIAMMAN said, that he would wait upon Mr. H. 'Whinfield, agreeably to the suggestion thrown out, and endea vour to have the affairs of the Company put in a shape that would prevent the Shareholders from sustaining any loss; and begged once more to 'disclaim all knowledge of the conduct that had been punned and so justly stigmatised. lie stated that the Shareholders should be apprised of the result of his exertions. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned. REMARKABLE DAL—This is the anniversary of the death of Raphael D'Urhino, 1520, and of his birth in 1483 ; -of the birth of Francis Xavier, one of the founders of the order of Jesuits, 1508 ; of Alias Ray being shot on quitting Covent - garden Th eatre , b y t h e R ev . James llacknutn, 1779 ; and of tho death of L a l onde, t h e A s t ro nome r , 1807. Yester. day was the anniversary of the deaths of Laura de Naves, Albert famed by the love and sonnets of Tetrarch, 1548; Doter, the great painter, 1328 ; and of Dr. Richard Busby, the celebrated Master of Westminster School 105 and of the birth of Andrew pul er , t h e French Critic, 1653. The intelligence received yesterday of the fell of Missolonglti, is hitherto without confirmation ; but from the known wretched state of the Greek defences in that fortress, we have never doubted of its ultimately falling into . the hand; of the be siegers. The official account of the Revenue, given In a preceding column, agrees in the gene ral result with our statement of yesterday. The deficiency upon the year, taki►lg that of the last quarter as the basis of compu tation, is formidable—though perhaps less so than had been anticipated, from the con: vulsiun which has, for the present, so completely prostrated our Commerce. Thus far, the prices of agricultural produce have been fully sustained, notwithstanding the general stagnation in the manufacturing districts ; when they give way, a result which sooner or later may be considered inevitable, the general embarrassment will per• haps be felt yet more heavily. A Lisbon Mail arrived this morning, with letters and papers to the 21st nit. The follow. ing are extracts : PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY). ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Bank Charter Amendment Bill—Committee. East India IVriters Bill—Second reading. t. Juries,in India Bill—Report. • • 4.SEttiTlf—Cotninittee. 5. Tglys and Means—Committee. x. It 6. Offences at Sea Bill—Third reading. 7. Civil List Act [!2 Geo. 3, c. 82]—Committee thereupon. J. Stamp Duties Acts—Report thereupon. 9. Customs Duties Collection Act---,Report thereupon. 19. Insolvent Debtor. Bill—Report. 1). Dabtor and Creditor Arrangement Bill—Further considera tion of Report. PRIVATE llll.L.—(Sccond Rcading for This Day.) Dublin and Drogheda Itoad. PRICE OF STOCKS TOTS DA v A'r ONE O.CLOCK Mtn It Stuck A 3 per Cent. It ed.... 7814 ex div. 3 per Cent. Mts. 3A per Cent. Ditto li ed. Bs4i ex div. 4 per Cent. New Magi Bank Long Ann. 19 7-19tns Solidi Sea Stock Ofd Annuities New Ditto 8i11g1000i.2.1. 6 7 pm. Ditto 5001.2 d. 6 7 pm. Ditto Small 2d. Ditto Advertised Bunk for Acct. India for Acct. Coml. for Acct. 791314i 18 11.16thsex div. India Stock ~ Ditto Boutin, 4 p. c.... 7 5 pm PRICES or FOREIGN F Austrian lids, 5 per cent Brazilian lids • tioi 4 Buenos Ayres lids Cliilien lkis, ii per ct. Colombian lids NOS AT ONE O'CLOCK Neapolitan, 1824 .Peruvian Bonds 23. 6 7 Portuguese Bonds Prussian, .5 per cent. Ditto New' Russian, New, 5 p.c Spanish 11321, .5 p. c. • B9 --- 1023 French ]tenter, 5 p. c. —1 —c. Exchange ... —t —c. 3 p. c. Exchange Do: 1324 ZIO 49i 50 454 74 (; Danish, 3 p. ct. . ni 8 tireek Rd Do. 1820 l6 15h 184 lluatimala Mexican 11(1s. Do. 1825 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per Share. Bolivar Mining Company . l2f l'asco Peruvian Alining Company Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Alinin g A ssoc i a ti on Tialpuxuhua Mining Company . 5O New United Mexican Mining Company ' General Steam Navigation Company PRICE O 1 IRIS!! Bank Stock 240 Goy. Del):3i per cent 9l 4 per cent. New d 0.... 963 op. (Joy. Stork, 3A per ct. B6i ConsolA 3 percent. Roystl Canal Stock birand Canal Stock — Ditto Loan, 4 per cent — Ditto Ditto, per cent. TpcKs,ArnTr. 4. Mining CoMpany , dis. St. Patrick Iniurante • • '— National ditto Hibernian Bank 79 dis. Fish Shares Patriotic ditto Royal Irish Mining New Brighton , . Hibernian Gas Company FOUEIGY MAILS. :InRIYEu. Dug. liarninirgh • Holland . Flanders • France • Lisbon . HIOIIIVATEIt AT LONDON BRIDON TOMORROW . Morning. 44 minutes after 2. j Evening, 2 minutes after 3 Tlll4. SUN. LON DON, FRIDAY . EVENING. APRIL 7, ItUC. lASBON. MARCH I . s.—The GaZettecontalmi a view of the reign of the late King, and a high eulogium on his character. 16th and 17th.—These Nos. of the Gazette contain no Portu guese news whatever. 18th.—Yesterday the funeral ceremony took place of break• ing the Escutcheon's, as a sign of the public grief for the death of our beloved Sovereign. The Members of the Senate left the Senate hiouse in deep mourning, in a numerous procession, ac companied with bands of music, and in the Squares, Comme- Rocia, and Santo *Antonio having pronounce 4 the usual words, the Escutcheons Were broken by thepertanis who carried them for the purpose, The whole company then attended a solemn requiem in the Church of St. Antonio-. auto' 20.—An Order of the Day to the Army, stating the death of the King, commands, in the name of the Regency, a year's mourning. On the 14th, one of the most melancholy days in the history of Portugal, the body of his late Majesty having been embalm ed, was laid in State, with the insignia of royalty, in the Hall of the Palace of Demposta, where the Court, the Chief Officers, the servants of the Royal Household, and numerous persons of distinction, of all classes, kissed his hand. The next morning the body being placed in the coffins, was removed to another apartment, where it was placed on a stage, under a canopy, supported by four pillars, with an altar at the head, and the Royal Crown at the feet.. High mass was performed in the apartment by the principal Clergy of the Patriarchial Church, the Court attending in deep mourning. AU the preparations being made, and the troops posted in the streets through which the funeral procession was to pass, the funeral procession, which was very splendid, left the Palace of liompoeta, at half-past eight o'clo c k, an d proceeded by torch lightth Church of St. Vincent de Fora, where It was re. caved by the Clergy with all the ceremonies usual op such occasions. The coffin was taken from the car, and placed on a step near the alter, by the Dukes of Cadaval and Lafoes, and the Marquesses of Arantes, Lourical, Lavradio, Taiicos; Sabugota, Pombal, D. Antonio de Almeida, and Ponte de Lima. The Minister of the. Interior caused an officer to react two copies of the account of the depositing's of the Royal Corpse, one of which is to be preserved in thevhives of fie 'Torre de Tomb and. tlke tilr iln Ili& Secretajy of State's offices, both signed by the Ministerti, &c., declaring the coffin to contain the body of his Majesty Don John VI. The coffin was then placed in the vault, and three salutes of artillery were fired, as well as three volleys by the troops in the square of St. Vincent. A salute was also fired by the forts and the men of war in the Tagus. Such were the funeral ceremonies with which the body of tit! august Don John VI. were interred, while his soul remains in the abode of the just, the well-merited reward of his vir.ues. The immense multitude that crowded the long line of the procession shewed by their silence and tears horn deeply they felt the loss of such a Sovereign. MARC!! 20.—0 n the l6th the Infanta Donna Isabella Maria, with the tin Infantas her sisters, went from the palace of Bern poste to the palace of Quclers, tb 'ifiFit the Queen, their august mother, who was confined to her room by indisposition.-- After this afflicting interview, their Royal Ilighnessea proceed ed to the palace of Ayuda, where they fixed their abode, and on Saturday received the condolence of the Court, the Foreign Ministers, and an immense number of persons: As soon as the health ()Cher Majesty will permit, we shall have ill° satis faction of seeing all the members of the Royal Family, whom we are so happy as to have among us united, in that palace and the palace adjoining. By a Flanders Mail we have received German Papers to the 2d inst. The only communication of the slightest interest is from Weimir, where the introduction of an uniform system of weights and measures, appears to occupy the attention of the Government : ST. PETERSBURGII, MARCH 21. The Journal de St. Petersburg contains at great length the account of the removal of the body of the late Emperor from Tschesme to the Cathedral of Casan, at St. l'utersburgh, on the 18th. The procession was divided into 13 sections, in the last of which was the hearse, drawn by eight horses, followed by, his Majesty the Emperor, and accompanied by the Grand Duke Michael. the Prince of Orange, and Prince William of Prussia. His Majesty was supported by Field Marshal the Duke o, Wellington, General Count Peter Tolstoi, and Lieut.-General Emmanuel. The !Empresses Alexandra and Maria followed in one car riage, with the Crown Prince and l'rincess Maria of Wurtem burg. The body will lie in state for several days'ln the Cathe dral of Our Lady of Casan, where divine service will be per formed twice a day, and prayers read day and night. Notice will be given of the day fixed for the interment in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. WEIMAR; MAUCH 20. On the 16th a proposal was discussed in our Diet for the in troduction of uniform weights and measures in the whole of the Grand Duchy. (We have 13 different corn measures.) The plan proposed by the Committee was reported, but it was re solved that the Grand Duke should be requested to support the measures proposed in the German Diet, for introducing uniform. weights and measures in ail Germany. EXCHANGES OX LONDON. HAIIRURGH, MARCH 31.-37. 2. ; two month., & BERLIN, MARCH 28.—Three months, 7. 33. (llamburgh Papers, 31st March.) BRUSSELS, APRIL 4. His Majesty has appointed th e Ch eva li er d e S t i ver s, C onsu l - General at Bogota, the capital of C o l om bi a ;M. W. " n Raders, Consul at La Guyra, in th e s a me republic.—(Brui:el , Papers, April S.) • ['rum All4rentetne Zettung of March 31; the Frankfort Jour net of April 1, and the Nurentburg Correspondent of March 30, / have no news relative to Greece, subsequent to the accounts: already given of the defeat of the Egyptians before WM' The proceedings in the House of Comrnnol last night, though not embracing any question of political importance, were of no inferior interest. In a Committee of the whole House upon the Civil List, the situation of President of th* Board of Trade was b roug ht un d er th e sOe." dal- notice o f th e H o us e , b y a pro p os ition from the C HANCELLOR o f t h e EXCHEQUER., to at• tech a salary of 5,0001.. p er annum to that office. In bringing forward this pro - position, Mr. ROBIN. sox succinctly stated the circumstances connected with this important office. In 1782, the old Board of Trade, which took cognizance of the affairs of Commerce, both Foreign and Colonial, was abolished. It being, however, found indispensable that" some controuling power should exist, a new Board of Trade was formed in 1784 ; but the salaries of 016 ' cers connected with the former Board having been abolished by Act of Parliament, th' President and Vice President could be re.; munerated, only by emoluments derived from other official situations. Subsequently, thi s anomaly was regulated by Parliament, so fax as respected the office of Vice-President, to which a salary was attached. The office of Pre sident, however, being still unprovided "for, 16 had been held conjointly with the Treasurershiß of the Navy, the annual emolument of which was 3,0001. Having gone over these details, Mr. ROBINSON expressed an opinion, that the He ns. would concur with him, in thinking that a ealorr of 5,000/. per annum would be a suitable !Timmy' ration in the execution of this important office• Mr. HUME, though perfectly acquiescing in nil that had been said of the zeal and ability of the Right Honourable Gentleman (M r ° HusxissoN), by whom the Office was at pre' sent filled, was desirous of being informed, wile' ther the salary proposed, was to be account' ed a full compensation for the office, or if It were to be received conjointly with the 300 01 ' per annum from the Treasurership of th e Navy ? Mr. ROBINSON replied in the negative. After the appointment of an adequate salary for the - President, it was not intended that he should continue to hold the Treasurership of the Navy. Mr. CALCRAFT, who could not see the necessity of increasing thesalary of the President to the extent proposed, remarked, that under cover of giving 5,0001. a year to the President, tl ts.